ECO Church
Promoting sustainable living in our community
Comberton Baptist Church was awarded an ‘A Rocha Eco Church’ Bronze award in 2021, followed by a Silver award in 2024. We are now working towards our Gold award.
What is ECO Church?
The charity A Rocha UK’s Eco Church programme equips churches in England and Wales to care for creation.
Eco Church is a learning community of churches of all shapes and sizes open to all denominations. It provides a framework to support churches to take practical action on caring for God’s earth, through the Eco Church survey.
The survey covers five key areas of church life:
- Worship and teaching
- Buildings
- Land
- Community and global engagement
- Lifestyle
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Caring for creation at CBC
With full support from our Trustees and Members, we are striving to reduce our negative impact on the environment at church, amongst our fellowship and in the wider community.
Over the last few years we have insulated our buildings, replaced lighting, worked hard on our gardens to increase diversity and attract wildlife, added cycle racks, reduced paper usage, introduced ethical purchasing and promoted healthy and eco-friendly lifestyles.
There remains more to be done and we expect to be applying for a gold award over the next few years.
ECO partners
Here are some of the organisations that have inspired us on our ECO journey
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Baptist Union Environment Network 
The Baptist Union Environment Network aims to raise awareness and respond to the environmental crisis. We are building a network of environmental partners across our Regional Association life who can journey alongside churches to enable them to declare with God in worship, life, and action that ‘creation is good’ (Gen 1:25). |
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Cambridge Carbon Footprint 
Raising awareness of climate change issues and supporting people in the move to low-carbon living. |
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The Countryside Regeneration Trust 
The Countryside Regeneration Trust protects, promotes and regenerates our land and all life on it, by bringing people and properties together to make everyone a friend of the countryside. With farmland wildlife in decline, small farms are struggling to survive, and the future of our wild spaces is in jeopardy, our work has become more important than ever. |
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Climate Stewards 
Climate Stewards is part of the A Rocha family of organisations, caring for God’s creation around the world. They have been offering high-quality carbon offsets since 2007 and now work with many hundreds of individuals, charities and churches to provide advice and support in their carbon reduction journey. |
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Emmaus Cambridge 
Emmaus Cambridge is a charity that offers a home, work and personal support to a community of formerly homeless people. |
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Cambridgeshire County Council 
Household Recycling Centre Locations and Opening Hours |
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Home composting 
Learn how to start composting at home, including what you should and shouldn't compost. Save putting more than you need in the green bin and save money by not having to buy compost next year. |
